childhood

Question 1

what are the domains of development in middle childhood

Answer 1

motor, behavioural, emotional, social, physical, cognitive

Question 2

what are the general themes of whole development in middle childhood

Answer 2

Children need to cope with new social
and academic demands. Success leads
to a sense of competence, while failure
results in feeling of inferiority. Am i being good and doing well?

Question 3

what are the general developmental tasks of middle childhood

Answer 3

School adjustment and academic
achievement
Peer relationships
Rule-governed behaviour

Question 4

what physical development do we want to see in childhood

Answer 4

growing pains as their muscle expand with growing bones, losing all primary teeth between 6-12 years, Typical onset puberty for girls 10 –
14 years (boys 12 – 16 years)
3-4 year olds 10-13 hours sleep
5-13 9-11
healthy BMI in the 5th to 85th percentile

Question 5

what motor skills in a 6-7 year old

Answer 5

Gross Motor Skills: Hop, jump, climb, bike
* Fine Motor Skills: Tie shoelaces, do buttons,
zippers, brush teeth, wash themselves, use
knife and fork (chopsticks) hold pencils like
adults

Question 6

what motor skills in 8-12 year old

Answer 6

Develop balance, coordination and strength
which allows them to take part in team
sports

Question 7

what do we want to see in terms of cognitive development in children

Answer 7

theory of mind - the ability to have an idea of what others might be thinking, knowing their thoughts might be different.
inhibition, deception, categorisation,
conservation -knowing things of different height can still be the same
episodic memory - ability to recall the past

Question 8

whats infantile amnesia

Answer 8

the period of which childhood memories are inaccessible. we are able to recall memories up until age 3

Question 9

what do we want to see for language development in children

Answer 9

In middle childhood children are able to use long and complex sentences, understand other points of view and show weather they agree or not, clarity of speech improves, can hold conversation by elaborating on reasons and choices
basically being able to converse at a beggining level but actually hold conversations

Question 10

what emotional development do we want to see

Answer 10

Extending emotional literacy
* Empathy
* Socially sanctioned deception
* Emotion regulation
* Self reflection and insight
* May need help to achieve

Question 11

what social development do we want to see

Answer 11

Formation of coherent self-concept - description of self using internal and external characteristics. Collection of beliefs, perceptions and ideas one has about themselves.
* Major developments in peer relations (Dev
Task)
* Morality
* Increased independence
* Learning to cooperate
* Social justice

Question 12

what is self concept

Answer 12

who am i. the level to which we can answer this depends on life stage and internal and external factors

Question 13

whats the doctors role if a child is being bullied

Answer 13

screen cbildren who seem more likely to get bullied, ask how things are going at school socially, if a child with a chronic condition is getting worse - consider bullying

Question 14

what are 6 things to do when assessing bullying

Answer 14

Normalise
Check in
Validate
Encourage elaboration
What support/resources can they/do they access?
What extra help might they need?

Question 15

what can bullying result in

Answer 15

developmental delays in many of the domains